Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1996-04-19
1998-08-25
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
607 5, 128920, A61B 50402
Patent
active
057973997
ABSTRACT:
A pattern recognition system for use in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator that is capable of responding correctively to abnormal activity of the heart efficiently and specifically. The system of the present invention first establishes a template standard defining a median or other statistical measure of central tendency representing the point above which or below which actual sample values would be remarkable. Against the median are compared sampled values within a window having a pre-programmed length. For each cycle, a comparison is made between the template median and every value sampled within this pre-programmed window. Each cycle is then individually diagnosed such that if a selected value is above a particular pre-established threshold or below a particular pre-established threshold it will be classified as abnormal. A plurality of specific cycles must be classified abnormal in order for a final diagnosis to be made that the individual is experiencing arrhythmia. The system of the present invention is also capable of differentiating between types of abnormal and can classify the abnormal as being either ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
REFERENCES:
Lorenzo A. DiCarlo, et al., "A Time-Domain Analysis of Intracardiac Electrograms for Arrhythmia Detection", PACE, vol. 14, pp. 329-336, Feb. 1991, Part II.
Lorenzo A. DiCarlo, et al., "Differentiation of Ventricular Tachycardia from Venticular Fibrillation Using Intraventricular Electrogram Morphology", The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 70, pp. 820-822, Sep. 15, 1992.
Robert D. Throne, et al., "A Comparison of four New Time-Domain Techniques for Discriminating Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycradia from Sinus Rhythm Using Ventricular Waveform Morphology", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 38, No. 6, Jun., 1991, pp. 561-570.
DiCarlo Lorenzo A.
Jenkins Janice M.
Morris Milton M.
Kamm William E.
Schaetzle Kennedy J.
The Regents of the University of Michigan
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